Florida Memorial University is lending a helping hand to South Florida students impacted by the nationwide shutter of ITT Technical Institute.
The university will open special advising for ITT Tech students beginning Wednesday. There are two ITT Tech campuses in South Florida.
FMU said it has dedicated phone lines and staff to advise affected students on the upcoming "Session B", which begins Oct. 12th.
“When we learned of the closing of ITT-Tech today, our academic and enrollment began working immediately to develop solutions to help these students continue their educational and professional career paths,” Howard-Vital stated. “We have staff and faculty prepared to advise students on registration, enrollment and course curriculum,” said Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital, Executive VP and Provost of FMU.
The company that runs ITT Technical Institute announced Tuesday that "with profound regret" it was shutting down academic operations at all of its campuses and thousands of its employees will lose their jobs.
The move comes after the federal government banned the Carmel, Indiana-based for-profit chain last month from enrolling students who use federal loans to pay for classes.
